The system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The nomenklatura were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in the bureaucracy, running all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the communist party of each country or region. Wikipedia

Designation of the ruling class in Eastern European countries Wikidata

Elite of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. OmegaWiki

A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. Wiktionary

List of posts in Soviet Union. Wiktionary (translation)